Towards a Carbon Nanotube Synthase
The long-term goal of this project is to design or evolve an enzyme to
synthesize a carbon nanotube. We are currently setting up a directed evolution
protocol and system in our lab to generate a technique to achieve our long-term
goal of making a nanotube synthase. These studies require molecular biology and
cloning techniques, giving students training in genetic engineering, enzyme
engineering, and nanotechnology.
Initial steps: Streaking a plate with E-Coli:
Phage titering:
Blue plaques of E-coli infected with phage virus:
(Each blue dot is the clone of one particular virus.)
